AIN'T SORRY

Intro Wrote "I'm sorry" once. Didn't look like my handwriting.

Verse 1 I know the name on every door I slammed Know which good people quit shaking my hand Know every promise I bent past straight And exactly what it cost when I learned too late I won't dress the past in a cleaner coat Won't call a knife a lesson just because I wrote Some pretty words about the man I've been I did what I did Start there if you need to begin

Pre-Chorus You want remorse with better manners I brought the truth without a tie

Chorus I ain't sorry Not the way you want I won't crawl for absolution Just to make the damage sound small I ain't sorry But I know exactly what I broke I can regret the wreck And still not miss the road Some people earned the truth Not a cleaner alibi If forgiveness needs me begging It can pass me by I ain't sorry I just don't fucking lie

Post-Chorus Ain't sorry.

Verse 2 There's a woman somewhere who still spits my name A friend I lost who had every right to blame A younger me I'd put through a wall if he walked in that door I don't defend that bastard anymore But I won't kneel just to make the ending clean Won't call survival holy because it carried me Some things I did were wrong, some kept me breathing The hard part is knowing both live in the same damn life

Pre-Chorus I owe some people honesty I don't owe the world a show

Chorus I ain't sorry Not the way you want I won't crawl for absolution Just to make the damage sound small I ain't sorry But I know exactly what I broke I can regret the wreck And still not miss the road Some people earned the truth Not a cleaner alibi If forgiveness needs me begging It can pass me by I ain't sorry I just don't fucking lie

Bridge There's a cheap kind of sorry Men use like bleach Pour it over the past Till nothing ugly can be seen I won't insult you with that If I hurt you — I hurt you If I failed you — say it to my face But I won't hang a halo on a lie Just because guilt learned manners

Final Chorus I ain't sorry I ain't asking to be clean I can name every person Who paid for the man I was I ain't sorry And I remember what it cost There's a difference between owning what you did And pretending nothing's lost I can regret the wreck And still not miss the road I can wish I'd hurt you less Without rewriting what I chose Keep your absolution Keep your polished alibi I'll own every ugly mile I just won't fucking lie

Outro What do I owe you? The truth. That's what I brought.

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